Bus travel
The following information is believed to be correct at the time of posting. Please check with the bus companies for the latest timetables and use a service such as Traveline to plan your journey.
Travel information: www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk
Getting to the John Radcliffe Hospital (from Oxford) with Oxford Bus Company
PickMeUp
PickMeUp is an on-demand ride-sharing minibus service from the Oxford Bus Company.
Download the app and say where you want your journey to begin: the bus will pick you up from a 'virtual bus stop' within a short walkable distance of where you are.
The intelligent software works out the best way to take you and the other passengers to your chosen destinations.
Register your credit or debit card and the bus could be with you in around 10 minutes.
https://pickmeup.oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus companies
Park & Ride
If you need to travel by car, please consider using the Park & Ride service. The bus stops at the hospital a short distance from the main entrances.
Park & Ride services direct to the hospital - Monday to Friday only
Please see www.stagecoachbus.com/headington for more information.
- 700 Park & Ride
Monday to Friday 6.45am - 7.20pm
Kidlington to JR and Churchill via Water Eaton Park & Ride and Summertown
Stagecoach
- 800 Park & Ride
Monday to Friday 6.30am - 7.30pm
Thornhill Park & Ride to JR
Stagecoach
Park & Ride buses that run on Sundays / Bank Holidays
- Thornhill
400 to Headington Shops for a 10 minute walk on to the JR site
- Redbridge
300 to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
- Water Eaton
500 to Oxford City Centre and change buses (see options below)
- Oxford Bus Company Park & Ride
- Park & Ride map (pdf)
Direct buses (bus stops on-site)
- 10 Cowley Road / Cowley Centre / Hollow Way / Slade / Wood Farm / Headington / JR
Stagecoach
- 13 City Centre / Marston / Northway / JR
Oxford Bus Company
- X13
Abingdon / Redbridge / City Centre / Cherwell Drive / JR
Oxford Bus Company
- 14 & 14A Railway Station / City Centre / Banbury Road / JR (14A operates via Old Marston)
Stagecoach
- S7 Witney / Eynsham / Summertown / JR
Mondays to Fridays only, limited service, please check with Stagecoach
(See timetable)
The Park & Ride service can also be used as a direct bus service to the John Radcliffe, picking up passengers at the stated locations, as well as the Park & Ride site.
Buses that stop in Headington
There are many, frequent bus services from Oxford city centre to Headington.
From bus stops at 'Headington shops' (either side of Windmill Road) it is 0.6 miles (12 minutes') walk to the John Radcliffe Level 2 main entrance via Osler Road, or 0.8 miles (15 minutes') walk (downhill) to the West Wing.
You can also reach the West Wing if you walk through the building.
- Thornhill
400 to Headington Shops for a 10 minute walk on to the JR site
Oxford Bus Company
- 8 & 9 City Centre / Headington / Barton / Risinghurst
Oxford Bus Company / Stagecoach
- 280 Aylesbury / Thame / Wheatley / Headington / City Centre / Railway Station
Arriva
- U1 Wheatley Campus / Wheatley / Headington (Old Road) / City Centre / Botley / Railway Station / Harcourt Hill Campus
Oxford Bus Company - also U1X term-time only
- U5 Marston / Headington (Old Road) / Cowley Road / City Centre
Oxford Bus Company